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Adam Yarmolinsky

Speaker: Adam YarmolinskyDate: October 22, 1980DescriptionSpecial Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (1961-1965). Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Affairs (1965-1966). In 1964, he also worked on a task force that created legislation for the Johnson Administration?s antipoverty programs, serving under John F. Kennedy?s brother-in-law Sargent Shriver.